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“There was a bit of panic at the time because the fires were spreading so quickly and there wasn't a lot of information.”
Hale said there was little information available as the fires spread quickly and people gathered by the sea.
“My thoughts felt so dark at the time, and I felt so lonely. I really needed to come back into my body and regulate my nervous system. I was so shot after the tour. I couldn’t really sleep at night. I’d seen so much of myself that I was like, ‘I want to go into a black room and not look in a mirror for six months.’ And I think I really had to check myself and be like, ‘You’re not the worst person in the world. You’re not the ugliest person in the world. You haven’t done everything wrong. And, you know, you’re just doing what you love.’”
McRae describes feeling dark and lonely after her tour and the process of regulating her nervous system and checking herself.
“When I look at the note with the modicum of sympathy and the distancing, it seems to me a risk was taken in writing that because it would’ve been written from the same place that the first one was written,”
Brucato described the language in the second ransom note as florid and said writing it from the same location as the first note was a risk.
“Our house is done.”
Wayde Deatherage returned to his neighborhood Saturday evening and called his wife to tell her their house was destroyed.
“was a dear friend who will be greatly missed.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X remembering Granger as a dear friend who will be greatly missed.
“broke barriers for women in public service.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X about Granger's career and legacy following her death.
“My former wife is engaging in a pattern of reporting incredible, serious and destructive allegations with absolutely no evidence,”
Miller said in a Sunday livestream on X that his former wife is engaging in a pattern of reporting allegations with no evidence.
“significant mental health challenges.”
Miller said in a Sunday livestream that his ex-wife had significant mental health challenges.
“I wish he’d come out against this guy sooner,”
A Trump adviser lamented on Monday that Sen. Bernie Moreno waited so long to directly condemn Miller.
“You can't not enjoy (a baseball game) if he's involved in it. He made everybody's day better, whether you're training staff, coaching staff, players, and that's just not about getting hits. It starts when the sun comes up.”
Vitello praised Arraez's positive impact on everyone around him beyond just getting hits.
“There’s so many of you, oh my goodness,”
Beabadoobee performed as the penultimate act on the main stage at Lollapalooza on Sunday.
“but I really do. She is salt of the earth, grounded and always fun to be around.”
Bieber adds in an email that McRae is grounded and always fun to be around.
“really dark mental state”
Sombr confessed he had been in a really dark mental state and was grateful for the fan reception at Lolla.
“(Miller) sounds like a real scumbag.”
A Trump adviser criticized Miller after Sen. Bernie Moreno came out against him.
“The shooter was solely focused on him, and [it] allowed us to get out … I mean, the car directly ahead of me was getting shot – it gave them time to leave,”
Koehn said the armed bystander's intervention gave people time to leave as the shooter was solely focused on him.
“It’s the reason I talk so much to working mothers ... you just fight your way through the day.”
Granger told The Hill in a 2008 profile about her experience as a working mother.
“both difficult and unpredictable”
Granger said in a December 2024 statement from her office that frequent travel to Washington had become difficult and unpredictable.
“I’m not getting out of this race, and I’m winning in November.”
Miller added in his livestream that he is not getting out of the race and winning in November.
“Sometimes in smaller rooms, you feel more nervous than [in front of] 20,000 people, and you start to target why you feel nervous and why you don’t try to overcome that,”
McRae explains how performing in smaller rooms can feel more nerve-wracking than performing for 20,000 people.
“So that’s when we knew there was a shooting. People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,”
Twin Falls resident Haley Dodaro described seeing people running out of the restaurant crying and screaming during the shooting.
“In the coming days, I’ll share a more complete account of what happened, to the best of my recollection, when I’m able. For now, my heart remains with the victims, their families, and everyone affected by yesterday’s tragedy,”
Salinas wrote on Facebook that he would share a more complete account of what happened in the coming days.
“and we're not going to be flippant about this moment in time and how special this group, this era can be in the history of this incredibly storied organization. We're going to do everything we can to keep doing what we can to win the last game of the year.”
Friedman reflected on the Dodgers' attempt to become the first NL team to win three consecutive World Series titles.
“the worst natural disaster our region has faced”
Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown described the wildfire situation to the BBC as the worst natural disaster the region has faced.
“People are passionate. We feel good about it. There's nothing that we did that no one else couldn't have done. I just love our front office. We have to have the players to go pull something like this off, and we've still got, you know, arguably the top one or two or three farm systems in baseball. So it's a credit to a lot of people in this organization.”
Roberts defended the Dodgers' front office and farm system after the Skubal acquisition drew complaints about parity.
“We’ll see there was a person who did the deed, who I’ve called the waiter who served it, and I think that’s ‘porch guy,’ and behind the scenes I think there are at least two people with different psychologies and motives.”
Brucato suspects the porch figure carried out the deed while at least two people with different psychologies and motives operated behind the scenes.
“I think it’s muscle memory. When I was a kid feeling awkward in my skin or feeling uncomfortable, dancing was my way of feeling cool and feeling like I excelled at something. And I think I feel that way when I perform, like I’m in my element.”
McRae describes dancing as muscle memory and her way of feeling cool and in her element since childhood.
“There’s a task that needs to be done, and we’re the ones who need to do it,”
Salinas added that he felt no fear and described the confrontation as a task that needed to be done.
“observe, orient, decide, act”
Salinas said he followed a four-step approach he had practised for years to confront the attacker.
“It really was close, just across the roadway,”
Returning to the area, Hale saw scorched vegetation and burnt-out vehicles but said nearby homes and his accommodation escaped significant damage.
“You can’t help but want to listen and watch her. She works her ass off. She’s making a clear mark.”
Bieber praises McRae's work ethic and presence in an email comment.
“I think she just stands out so distinctly,”
Bieber describes what makes McRae stand out as a performer.
“The noise as well… I've not really heard that before, [it was] quite shocking.”
Hale described the noise of the wildfire as shocking and unlike anything he had heard before.
“I left my car there in the parking lot.”
Rodriguez said she left her car in the parking lot when fleeing the shooting.
“I have early signs of dementia, I think, because I can’t remember anything that’s ever happened to me.”
McRae jokes about not remembering the finale of her tour at the Kia Forum in November.
“When you finally get in there, and you finally look at the devastation and the damage.”
Maj Gen Gent Welsh described looking at the devastation and damage caused by the wildfires.
“It just seems like there's always blowback with us,”
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts responded to criticism after the team acquired Tarik Skubal.
“I really was the one who jumped on the bandwagon. I was like, ‘I love New York!’”
McRae recalls celebrating her move to New York by catching Knicks fever and attending a game at Madison Square Garden.
“that the court issued a restraining order to both parties and Emily is going to abide by it.”
Zashin said in a statement in June that the court issued a restraining order to both parties.
“So, I hope you feel the love in it.”
Olivia Dean spoke about immigrants and her grandmother's Windrush generation heritage during her headlining set.
“That, I think, shapes your identity and hopefully comes across through you as the vessel.”
McRae explains that knowing your preferences shapes your identity and comes across in your work.
“I remember reading Sylvia Plath being like, ‘I am her,’”
McRae recalls reading Sylvia Plath and identifying with her during the emotional comedown from her tour.
“Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished,”
Trump asserted U.S. control of the Strait of Hormuz in an angry Truth Social post.
“I am innocent of all of the allegations that have been attributed to me. I have done well representing (my) constituents interests. Why would I drop out?”
Miller said in a statement Monday that he is innocent of all allegations attributed to him.
“could die not from Ebola itself but because the care that would have saved them was no longer accessible, trusted or safe,”
Dalmonte warned that pregnant women who delay care and avoid health facilities could die from lack of accessible, trusted, or safe care rather than from Ebola itself.
“The first one is demanding money and the second one is undoing the ability of the first person to get money, which suggests to me that the first person would’ve been kinda mad that the second person wrote the note,”
Brucato explained that the second note undermined the first author's ability to get money, suggesting conflict between the two note writers.
“By seven o'clock they must have worked so hard, because the fires had really diminished,”
Firefighters worked through the night and by morning had significantly reduced the fire.
“It is very important that they know how to protect themselves, that they have the right information,”
Dalmonte emphasized the importance of ensuring pregnant health workers and caregivers know how to protect themselves during the outbreak.
“It was money and something else, emotion, something that was preyed upon and the person regretted it because it all went up in smoke,”
Brucato said the motive of the porch guy was probably money but the author of the second note may have been inspired by emotion.
“I can tell you today that that's a war zone,”
Maj Gen Gent Welsh said the scene of the Spokane wildfires reminded him of his time serving in the US military in Iraq.
“We believe these actions drove the suspect from the scene and prevented further casualties,”
Hicks said the off-duty trooper and private citizen's actions drove the suspect from the scene after the shooting outside an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho.
“The next couple of days will be challenging.”
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell warned during a news conference in Spokane about the challenging days ahead as wildfires burned in eastern Washington.
“We have weather working against us, and we have terrain working against us,”
Benjamin Cossel described the difficulties facing firefighters in the Spokane area due to weather and terrain conditions.
“As someone who was Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt, and deposed Dr. Fauci, I am happy to have Louisiana join Alabama and Florida!”
Landry weighed in on X, noting he had deposed Fauci as Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt.
“They’re in their car and all they can see is smoke everywhere, and it was incredibly scary for so many people,”
Chris Jordan said relatives of his were in an area affected by the fires and did not know if their home was still standing.
“Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept.”
Murrill wrote on X about Fauci after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a Senate hearing.
“as law enforcement and first responders respond to an active shooter situation near In-N-Out.”
Little issued a statement on social media asking for prayers following the active shooter situation near the In-N-Out in Twin Falls.
“so far it’s accusations.”
When asked if Miller should resign, Trump said the allegations are so far just accusations.
“It’s very, very hilly, very, very steep slopes, a lot of canyons that create really turbulent, really challenging sort of wind scenarios.”
Cossel described the hilly terrain and steep canyons around Spokane that create turbulent and challenging wind scenarios for firefighters.
“They push the fire through the canyons, up, up the slopes, and then outside the slopes and around,”
Cossel explained how winds channel through steep canyons along the Spokane River, pushing fires up the slopes.
“will not litigate these matters in the media or respond to baseless public attacks.”
A spokeswoman issued a statement last week saying the senator would not litigate custody matters in the media.